Prog Rock

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Goner Records To Reissue Australia's COSMIC PSYCHOS:
Down On The Farm (1985)
Cosmic Psychos (1987)
Go The Hack (1989)

COSMIC PSYCHOS
Sometime in the winter of 1989/90, I wandered into New York City’s Midnight Records, a store famous for its deep catalog of 60s garage and psychedelic music, as well as a strong selection of classic punk rock, and a cantankerous French owner with ridiculous hair. On this visit, instead of hearing a puny French bootleg of The Standells or the Seeds, as I opened the door I was enveloped in the massive opening chords to the first song on the Cosmic Psychos then-new album GO THE HACK. “She’s a lost cause / she’s a lost lost cause!” blasted into the air at maximum volume. In a perfect cinematic moment, the drums announced my entry, the bass dictated my walk, the air became thick with guitar fuzz and wah wah, and snarled vocals described perfectly a girl’s descent into a cause which was lost. Instead of record shopping, I felt like I’d stepped into a biker movie and was motoring down a long straight outback road on a Harley. This was my introduction to the Cosmic Psychos and I was hooked.

I loved that a band could be so powerful and sound so big and unapologetically simple, and incorporate so much of what I loved about music - well, basically the attitudes and sounds of the Stooges and Ramones, setting up songs with a good title or idea, matching it with a massive riff, then running it out with squeals of wah wah and manly disregard for cleverness or adornment. AND THEY CALLED THEMSELVES THE COSMIC PSYCHOS! They obviously had no regard for “makin’ it” in those days when an alternative rock band at least had a chance to sell some records. I was an instant fan.

Earlier records proved to be the same formula with even less refinement, and that was definitely a good thing. These were lovably manly Aussies singing about what they knew best- farm equipment, lusting after Elle Macpherson, wishing they were in Van Halen (for the ladies), drinking at the pub, and even more drinking at the pub. Trivia question: In what indie rock song does the lead singer bellow, “I love my tractor!”?  Answer: NONE! No scarves or looking like Stevie Nicks straight out of the hairstylist’s for these fellows. They were the real deal before the deal was dealt. And couldn’t care less.

The Psychos enjoyed a long run through the 80s and 90s on such Australian labels as What Goes On, Mr Spaceman, Survival, and Rattlesnake, as well as American stalwarts Sub Pop and Amphetamine Reptile. Many bands from that era no longer seem vital today, lost in a murk of crisp drums, loud guitars, flannel shirts and shallow aspirations. These first Cosmic Psychos releases feel as timeless and necessary as ever, still a bullshit bulldozer, a blurry loud night at the bar, a rollicking time hanging with the guys. The time has come for a new generation to be uplifted by these initial blasts from the Cosmic Psychos. Goner is proud to partner with Melbourne’s esteemed Aarght Records to once again bring these platters of primal perfection into a world that definitely needs them. As Ross yells in Go The Hack’s “Back In Town,”

“We’re B.I.T.! BACK IN TOWN!”   

Indeed.

- Eric Friedl / Goner Records

Watch the trailer for 'Blokes You Can Trust': http://www.cosmicpsychos.com.au/

Formats / Release Info
Down On The Farm 12” ep: http://www.goner-records.com/cart/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=16&products_id=11614
Cosmic Psychos: http://www.goner-records.com/cart/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=16&products_id=11616
Go The Hack: http://www.goner-records.com/cart/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=16&products_id=11615

Down On The Farm + Cosmic Psychos CD**:
http://www.goner-records.com/cart/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=16&products_id=11552
Go The Hack CD: http://www.goner-records.com/cart/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=16&products_id=11553

Cosmic Psychos "Lost Cause" // 'Go The Hack' Out Now On Goner/Aarght Records

Hey you! out there in the cold 
Getting lonely, getting old, can you feel me 
Hey you! Standing in the aisles 
With itchy feet and fading smiles, can you feel me 
Hey you! don't help them to bury the live 
Don't give in without a fight. 
Hey you! out there on your own 
Sitting naked by the phone would you touch me 
Hey you! with your ear against the wall 
Waiting for someone to call out would you touch me 
Hey you! would you help me to carry the stone 
Open your heart, I'm coming home 
But it was only a fantasy 
The wall was too high as you can see 
No matter how he tried he could not break free 
And the worms ate into his brain. 
Hey you! out there on the road 
Always doing what you're told, can you help me 
Hey you! out there beyond the wall 
Breaking bottles in the hall, can you help me 
Hey you! don't tell me there's no hope at all 
Together we stand, divided we fall. 

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Unreleased 'The Mars Volta' Songs (2013)

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Electric Citizen - Shallow Water

Ticking clocks they melt and fade
Shadows stretch where time once stayed
A spiral down a hollow stair
Nothing solid nothing there

Is it slipping or are we blind
Is it bending or breaking time

Shifting sands slipping through
What’s the old and what’s the new
Seconds scream minutes crawl
No time left no time at all

Hands once steady now they sway
Circles crack and drift away
Golden hours turn to ash
Moments fracture moments clash

Gravity bending pulling thin
Where does the end where’s the begin
A maze of echoes a fleeting hum
The past undone the future numb

Shifting sands slipping through
What’s the old and what’s the new
Seconds scream minutes crawl
No time left no time at all

No Time At All

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"The Bar Is Low" from the upcoming album Why Love Now, available February 24th, 2017.

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